3:iv CHANCE— BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE OF J. P. LESLEY. [April 6, 



raphy was first clearly set forth, and a new method put into the 

 hands of every field geologist whereby many difficult problems of 

 structure may be solved by a mere inspection of the contour of the 

 surface. 



And now that he has passed away, as we review his record and 

 ponder its messages, the thought that comes pregnant with the very 

 ■essence of his life, is that he was a good man, who lived a goodly 

 life, leaving to posterity the fruits of a most honorable career, a 

 career marked by a beautiful devotion to duty extending through a 

 long life well spent in the service of humanity. He helped to make 

 the world better than he found it, striving ever after the realization 

 of the most beneficent ideals, always aiming high, ever looking up- 

 ward, exalting and ennobling those within the sphere of his influence 

 and inspiring them to reach out after that which is noblest and best 

 in life ; through these he still lives, and through them the impress of 

 his character to the benefit of humanity will descend from generation 

 to generation and from generation to generation forever. 



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